Author has trademarked common word; threatening other authors over its use

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  1. Cave Troll

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    I think that was part of the point. Also he has mountainous pecs. :p
    The whole ab-mountains thing is a little weird to me.
     
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    Yeah but it isn't just porn it's m&s porn real porn, touching the ahem hearts of real readers
     
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    Gives new meaning to the term "bubble butt"...
     
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    what's in his pants looks a little strange, too. I wonder what exercise he uses for that!?
     
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    ... with angry faced nipples!
     
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    I guess he just lifts a lot...? :p
     
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    How ab-jectionable.
     
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    Not to mention abnormal. :)
     
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    I know. If you didn't know better, you'd think she wrote devotionals or Inspirational fiction. My eyes were popping. :eek:
     
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    lifts what??

    :D:supergrin::supergrin:
     
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    I read back through this thread, and I swear to Jeebus and all that is holy, this is the FUNNIEST thing I have read in I cannot remember when oh my holy roasted fucken feels man! I am DONE! You guys have a collaborative BEST SELLER in comedy USING THIS THREAD ALONE! I am in TEARS!!!
     
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    Thank you for your patronage. When you exit, please exit through the gift shop to your right, and don't forget to purchase your souvenir cocky rooster and cocky cookies. ETA: In the cafeteria, today's special is daikon radish snacks and cockaleekie soup.
     
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    This, this right freakin here.
     
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    I've heard through the grapevine, that there's another one trying to TM the word "FOREVER"

    Hold onto your hats, this could be a bumpy ride ...

    I don't know who it is though, but there's a rumour that the person's twitter follower numbers dropped by 39 THOUSAND overnight.(not sure on the validity of that though)
     
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    Eotd it's not the trademark that matters it's what they do with it, if faileena had just tm'd cocky as it applied to her books and sat on it no one would have cared, it was all the c&d letters and complaints to Amazon that were the issue.

    That said Kevin kneuppner is posting a step by step on challenging a trademark on his blog.
     
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    This thread is cocktastic...im so dead.
     
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    It looks like the forever war is over , author is withdrawing the trademark application.

    Faileena however is a gift that keeps on giving. She's now trying to stop someone using the word cocky in a book because it's a parody of her work.... Good luck with that
     
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    I think someone said Dr. Tingle has already bowed out, but he is the superhero we need right now.

    Pounded in the Butt by a Cocky Trademark Application.
     
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    I've finally finished that video - thank fuck - and, God, is she full of bullshit. How the fuck is this dodgy-looking porn "making the world a better place"?

    ETA: And that part where she's pretending to type - di-di-di-di-di-di-di-di! That got annoying after a bit. Also, she has a "mission". And her massive wank-fest in the middle where she bangs on about how she "became successful" (bonus points for the Masterclass plug!). In all fairness, it does sound like she's genuinely worked hard, but she loses all the points I award her for that by implying that because some people have only written one book, they have not. Not everyone bangs out a book - sorry, a first draft - a month, and not everyone has all day to write, Faleena.
     
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    And an Honorable Mention to Harper Lee, who was also considered a loser throughout her life, only salvaging her reputation with the publication of Go Set a Watchman.
     
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    I know - I think it's great that she's doing what she loves and that she's got enough cash that she doesn't need a day job, but I only have two hours at the end of the day - one hour now, and I'm so tired that I don't have the energy to do anything that requires thinking. I'm lucky to get a hundred words a week and I hate that.
     
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    I think Ian should trademark his Avatar....I sure as shit dont want to see anyone else use it....makes me pee the bed or something like that. :) scared.gif
     
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    That's actually a photo of me one Halloween, chucked through Deep Dream.
     
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    Looks to me like a whole barrel of good times right there.
     
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